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Ahri vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Ahri

based on 3,113 Ahri vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Ahri came out of an analysis of 3113 ranked matches where both champions faced one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Ahri fights Lee Sin in only 2.8% of her rounds.

Ahri vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Ahri has done a average job of countering Lee Sin. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Ahri versus Lee Sin matches, Ahri’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Lee Sin.

Best Ahri vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentCryptbloomZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Lee Sin

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Ahri vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Lee Sin Image
6
< Kills >
6.8
5.6
< Deaths >
6
7.6
< Assists >
7.8
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
166
< Minions Killed >
34
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.5
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,477
< Physical Damage >
12,955
14,736
< Magic Damage >
2,663
5,119
< True Damage >
965
21,333
< Damage Dealt >
16,583
20,003
< Damage Taken >
35,366
11,188
< Gold Earned >
11,647
1.95
< Towers >
1.39
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
4,772
< Total Healing >
16,769
14,090
< Experience >
13,179
21
< Vision Score >
25
10
< Wards Placed >
11
70
< Time Dealing CC >
434

How to Counter Lee Sin with Ahri in LoL

The stats provided here feature some influential Ahri vs. Lee Sin matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..

Ahri typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Lee Sin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Ahri or Lee Sin?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Ahri makes an ok counter for Lee Sin.

While Ahri does have a lower winrate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Lee Sin.

Additionally, Ahri has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Lee Sin matchups, Lee Sin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Ahri, we analyzed 3,113 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lee Sin as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ahri in order to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri often gets much more CS as Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Lee Sin build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Lee Sin than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ahri had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Lee Sin with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Lee Sin as Ahri, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Ahri vs Lee Sin counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.

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